After Sa Pa we had the day in Hanoi again, did a bit of sight seeing. Went to the mausoleum and said hello to Ho Chi Mihn, the queue was massive! They rush you through very quickly though. We took at cyclo (man on a bike with the carriage in front) there, it was pretty crazy! A nice way to see the sights though but just a bit edgy with the crazy traffic around us. We then did a walk past the flag tower and to the old jail. Was a pretty interesting place to see bu...

Its friday night, nannas 97th birthday!!! unfortunately i didn't manage to get her on the phone. Today was a bitsty day, had a looong sleep in, then went and sorted out bookings for ha long bay and sa pa. unfortunately we couldn't get train tickets to sa pa for tomorrow (it's an overnight train) so we ended up booking for tonight. Lucky for us the hotel has been really accommodating (pardon the pun!) and letting us swap nights for later. Found an awesome place fo...